Areas of interest include among others personalised medicine through the use of artificial intelligence and virtual reality tools, isolation and synthesis of bioactive molecules from natural products, biomarkers discovery, design of novel drug delivery systems and advanced nutritional and exercise regimes for chronic diseases.
Research Establishments
Three research establishments are currently operational under the School:
- Research Centre for Exercise and Nutrition (RECEN)
- Bioactive Molecules Research Centre (BioMoReC)
- Non-coding RNA Research Laboratory (ncr-RESLA
International Collaborations and Initiatives
UNIC has become an ordinary member of the Virtual Physiological Human Institute (VPH), a non-profit organisation incorporated in Belgium, whose mission is to ensure that the Virtual Physiological Human is fully realised, universally adopted, and effectively used both in research and clinic. VPH is the Coordinator of the EDITH project, which is the EU initiative for the Human Virtual Twins, an application of AI in human physiology.